
A rich girl is in love with her father-in-law 's librarian. The wealthy man wants her to marry a military man but she's not prepared to accept it. She rebels and marries the poor guy. This young man has a cousin, who seems secretly in love with him but in fact we 'll never know what she feels. This mysterious sad woman, always dressed in black, gives her relative a strange box which seems to be a bad luck charm. The hand of fate seems on the newlyweds now:the husband involuntarily causes a car crash: his wife is killed.

as Jean Ménétrier

as Françoise

as Monsieur Bardolas

as Amélie

as Montboron

as Poncet, insurer

as Old peasant

as Pierre Calmiran, insurer

as Gérard Tibur

as Françoise's father

as Doctor

as Bardolas' secretary

as Architect

as Monsieur Goulard, foreman

as Real estate agent

as Madame Bardolas

as Michèle